Note – when switching from heavy duty (fast/fast) setting to normal (slow/fast ) setting on the final spin – it starts to slow down then thermally trips after 15 seconds. When working properly – no change in speed occurs. Any Ideas?

" Giving numerical data to Sears management is like giving a monkey a machine gun. No one knows for certain what will happen, but you can be sure of two things... It will be real messy, and only the monkey will be unharmed"

A little more information. My friend is baffled by this phenomenon. When the machine is not malfunctioning, he can switch from a high speed spin to another high speed spin (with a different speed agitate) and it continues to spin at high speed. When malfunctioning, even if he stops the machine , opens the lid, then changes the speed, the machine buzzes slows down and thermally trips.

We know even in our business sometimes "ohmmeter Lie" (not really, but the couple of volts that go through the windings while testing them with the meter doesn't act like the 115VAC at 5-10 amps the motor gets during normal operation )